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HOW TO 

ORGANIZE, 

EQUIP 

AND 

CONDUCT 
TRAPSHOOTING CLUBS 



LAYOUT OF GROUNDS 



INSTALLATION OF EXPERT AND 
AUTOMATIC TRAPS 



THE HAND TRAP 



PLANS FOR ERECTION OF 
CLUB HOUSES 



Published by 

E. I. du Pont de Nemours Powder Co. 

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Established 1802 
Wilmington, Delaware 



COPYRIGHT 1914 
I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS POWDER CO. 
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE 



•CI,A406093 



JUN-I 1915 



TABLE OF CONTENTS 



PAGE 

Introduction 5 

How to Organize a Trapshooting Club 7-8 

Suitable Grounds 8-9 

Matters of Importance for Discussion at the Meeting 9-10 

The Equipment — Traps 11 

The Automatic Traps . 11 

Targets 11-13 

Conducting Your Trapshooting Club 14-15 

Trophies 15 

Suggestions 1 5-20 

Team Races 20 

Trapshooting Club Leagues 20-21 

Tournaments . . . , 21 

Attention to Equipment 22 

Cleaning Rods, Gun, Oil, Etc 22 

Form of Constitution and By-Laws 22-23 

Patronize Local Dealers '. 24 

The Powder Question 24 

Newspaper Publicity 24-25 

Equipment of the Trapshooter . . 25 

Precautions and Suggestions 25-26 

Systems of Money Divisions . . 26-41 

The Hand Trap 43-44 

Layouts for Expert and Automatic Traps ' 45-49 

Trapshooting Club House Plans 51-64 




INTRODUCTION 

RAPSHOOTING has a quality that must be experienced to be 
appreciated. There is no sport better calculated to keep a man 
in good physical condition and in the best trim for brain work 
than that of trapshooting. Trapshooting, like any recreation with the 
shotgun, appeals to the virile man. It captures the heart and demands 
of its devotees quickness of hand and eye, developing speed of thought 
and nerves of steel. It is preeminently the sport for the busy man. 

The purpose of this booklet, however, is not to expatiate on the 
pleasures derived from trapshooting, on the health to be gained by 
being drawn into the open air to engage in the sport or on the social 
side of a trapshooting organization. It has another mission ; it is 
intended to help those desiring to organize, equip and conduct trap- 
shooting clubs. 



SECTION I 

HOW TO ORGANIZE A TRAPSHOOTING CLUB 
The First Move to Make 

Understand first of all that no city ox town is too small or too large 
to support a trapshooting club, and that the Du Pont Company stands 
ready to lend you any assistance and go so far as to send one of their 
expert trapshooters to help you whenever possible and at their expense. 

Interview the local trapshooters, if any. If there are a few, or even 
a single trapshooter, in your town you should have no trouble. They 
will help. If no trapshooters, see the game shooters, the men who 
have found by experience the pleasure and benefit derived from a few 
hours spent with a shotgun. With game shooting diminishing and 
the restricted game seasons, these sportsmen will all join and help you 
to push the promotion of your club. If there are no trap or game 
shooters, see a few of your personal friends. Talk to them about the 
invigoration and pleasure derived from trapshooting. It will be an 
easy matter to interest a few. As soon as you have one or two besides 
yourself pledged to support the trapshooting movement you have a 
nucleus on which to work. Now begin your campaign to create interest. 
Ask the Du Pont Company to send, for distribution to those whom you 
think will be interested, their booklet entitled " The Sport Alluring," 
expatiating on the pleasures and benefits derived from the princely 
sport of trapshooting. This booklet in the hands of your prospective 
members will help you wonderfully. 

Don't lose heart if you get a few rebuffs. You must expect these. 
Don't get discouraged if 5^ou are told that there used to be a club but 
that it disbanded due to lack of interest. Yours will be a club conducted 
along modern lines. The shooting will be cheapened as much as pos- 
sible and trophies will be ofit'ered to stimulate interest. Doctors, lawyers, 
clergymen, and other professional men, even though not devotees of 
the shotgun, will become interested in the prospect of having a repre- 
sentative trapshooting club in their town at which they may occasion- 
ally indulge in a few hours of healthful recreation " in the open " with 
the shotgun and the elusive clay bird and at the same time secure 
practice for field shooting. 

Another essential step to take in your preliminary efforts is to in- 
terest your local hardware and sporting goods dealers. An active 
trapshooting club will create for them an all-year-round demand for 
shells, targets, guns and other shooting accessories, and they will soon 
become boosters and work with you to the limit to promote the club. 

Talk over the proposed movement with the editors of your local 
papers and explain to them the advantages of a trapshooting club to 

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the town. (See note page 42 explaining these advantages.) A few 
notes in your local paper will do a whole lot toward creating- a demand 
for. a localtrapshooting club. If the prospects indicate sufficient in- 
terest to warrant continuing your movement, the next best step to take 
is to look around for suitable grounds so that you can be prepared to 
discuss this important subject when the first meeting to consider the 
situation is called. 

SUITABLE GROUNDS 

For your information the following suggestions are offered : Several 
points should be considered in the selection of your grounds. Accessi- 
bility, above everything else, is to be desired. This means much to the 
success of your Club. Locate your grounds within 10 or 15 minutes' 
walk of the heart of your business section, or within 5 or 10 minutes' 
ride on the trolley. It means a whole lot to the busy merchant or 
professional man if he can, leave his business and be ready to shoot 
within 15 or 20 minutes' time. In large cities of course this is not 
practicable. In such cities, however, men are accustomed to long rides 
and loss of time on trolleys and they become reconciled to this. 

Grounds should be chosen with dwellings, outbuildings, etc., not 
closer than 250 or 300 yards from the firing points. This reduces the 
element of danger. Remember that there is always a possibility of a 
charge of shot " balling." Also bear in mind the probkbility of being 
turned out to make room for the homes of a growing population in the 
near future. This may be eliminated if the club can purchase the land 
and hold it as a real estate speculation — this plan has been tried very 
successfully by a number of trapshooting clubs. The grounds may be 
sold at a good, profit and with money in your treasury, others may be 
selected without much trouble. 

Select grounds where the traps may be installed in a manner that 
will enable the shooters to face the northeast. The background is 
another important item — the clearer the background the easier seen will 
be the flight of the targets, better scores will be made and of course the 
more popular, will be your club. Avoid throwing the targets in the 
direction of hillsides, trees, dwellings or anything else that precludes 
seeing the target clearly during its entire line of flight. A perfectly 
level field or meadow is the ideal background. Grounds where the 
targets are thrown over the water are recommended, although pick-ups 
are lost and such backgrounds are usually very deceptive to shooters. 

After the question of grounds has been investigated, call your first 
meeting. In calling the meeting, use a form something like the follow- 
ing, mailing it to all whom you have interested and to those whom vou 
think might be interested : 



Suggested Form of Call for a Meeting 

Dear Sir: You are cordially invited to attend a meeting to be held 
at (location) on (day of week) (date) at (hour) o'clock. The object 
of the meeting is to consider the proposition of organizing a trapshooting 
club. Such an organization will be a distinct advantage to our town 
(or city), affording us, as it will, the means of enjoying a harmless 
amusement and social intercourse not obtainable under any other con- 
ditions. Trusting you will cooperate with us, we remain, yours sin- 
cerely (have two or more signatures). Committee. 

You should call this meeting to order yourself or get some other 
prominent citizen to do so and then elect a good, live, temporary chair- 
man. Have the trapshooting movement placed before the meeting, and 
after a full discussion has been had, take the sense of the meeting as to 
whether or not the proposed movement is feasible, and if it is, whether 
or not a final organization should be perfected then and there, or the 
meeting adjourned to meet at a later date. The latter plan is probably 
more advisable as it gives time to think about the selection of officers 
and an opportunity to ratify the reports of the various committees, 
which comrhittees should be appointed by the temporary chairman at 
the first meeting. Committees on Grounds, Constitution and By-Laws, 
etc., should be appointed. 

If the time seems ripe the organization may be finally and success- 
fully perfected at the first meeting, the officers chosen, etc. Do not 
forget to tell the newspapers about the proceedings — newspaper pub- 
licity and plenty of it will help wonderfully. 

MATTERS OF IMPORTANCE FOR DISCUSSION 
AT THE MEETING 

Initiation Fee — Yearly Dues 

Discuss these important questions thoroughly at your meeting. 
Decide upon an amount which is necessary to provide a small working 
capital for the club, from which the trap and the first supply of targets 
may be bought. The majority of trapshooting clubs provide for yearly 
dues of $2.00 only. 

Cost of Targets 

Discuss this thoroughly too. Make the cost of targets as low as 
possible to members. Some clubs find it possible to throw targets at 
%c. each. The majority of clubs, however, charge ic. a target, which 



seems to be universally satisfactory. Of course in some localities, as 
in the far West, where the transportation costs on the targets are 
heavy, the targets necessarily cost more. It is well to settle the question 
of a differential in the cost of targets to members and to non-members, 
making a slight increased cost to non-members. 

Constitution and By-Laws 

Recommend a Constitution and By-Laws in line with those suggested 
in another part of the booklet. 

Selection of Officers 

Exercise the keenest discretion in the selection of your officers. Get 
men of good standing in the community. The office of Secretary is the 
one to which more attention should be given than to any other office. 
The success of a trapshooting club rests almost entirely with the Sec- 
retary. The Secretary should be an enthusiast, a hard worker and one 
willing to devote some of his spare moments to the club. The Secre- 
tary's duties are more arduous and numerous than those of any other 
official. Some clubs, as a mark of appreciation of the Secretary's ser- 
vices, compensate him by donating him his targets and shells for the club 
events. 




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SECTION II 



THE EQUIPMENT 

Traps 

Presuming that your club is now organized, the question of equipment 
is then in order. A club may begin in a small way with one Expert trap, 
costing from $4.50 to $6.50 f. o. b. the factory, and still have sufficient 
equipment to afiford plenty of amusement to a few shooters and make 
the initial cost of little consequence. Three Expert traps, set Sergeant 
System, are plenty of equipment for a good live club and will keep 
a squad of five fast shooters busy and make a very satisfactory 
equipment. 



The Automatic Trap 

If a club can afford it, the Automatic Trap is undoubtedly the most 
satisfactory trap to install. Automatic Traps are used exclusively at 
all of the big tournaments given by the Interstate Association, the 
governing body for trapshooting. They are also used by the larger 
trapshooting clubs and are rapidly supplanting the Expert Trap. 
Inhere are two very satisfactory and highly recommended Automatic 
Traps on the market, viz. The Western McCrea, manufactured by the 
Western Cartridge Company of Alton, 111., and The Ideal Leggett, 
manufactured by the Chamberlin Cartridge & Target Company of 
Cleveland, Ohio. The Western McCrea is sold outright to gun clubs 
at a price of $35.00, and with an arm arrangement for throwing double 
targets at $40.00. The Ideal Leggett Trap, which throws single or 
double targets, is leased to a club at a rental of $30.00 for the first year 
and $10.00 for each succeeding year with a refund of $15.00 on return 
of the trap to the factory. From this trap, that is, the Ideal Leggett, 
only the Blue Rock target may be thrown. All of the above prices are 
f. o. b. the trap factories. 



Targets 

Two makes of targets are used principally — the White Flyer, manu- 
factured by the Western Cartridge Company, Alton, 111., and the Blue 
Rock made by the Chamberlin Cartridge & Target Company, Cleveland, 
Ohio. 

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Targets are sold f . o. b. the factory, and the cost to clubs therefore 

varies with the location of the club. An average price, however, would 

be something like the following : 

East $4.50 to $5.00 per M 

Middle West. 5.00 to 5.75 " " 

Missouri River Points 5.75 to 6.25 " " 

Western States 6.25 to 6.75 " " 

Pacific Coast States 6.75 to 9.00 " " 

Literature on traps and targets may be obtained, through the Du Pont 

Powder Company at Wilmington, Del., or by applying direct to the 

trap and target companies. 



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Layout of Grounds and Installation oi Traps 

Little, if any, difficulty will be experienced in installing your trap or 
traps and in laying out your grounds. The Du Pont Powder Company 
will furnish, free, blue prints showing how to erect trap houses, install 
one Expert Trap, three Expert Traps set Sergeant System, and the 
Automatic Traps. See pages 44 to 48 inclusive, for illustrations in min- 
iature of the blue prints referred to. 

The design on page 12 gives an exact idea of a trapshooting lay-out. 
As you will note, the distance from the firing points to the trap is 16 
3^ards. The distance between the shooter's positions varies from 3 to 5 
yards depending on the ground available. At tournaments and at 
most club shoots the shooting is conducted in squads of 5, shooter Num- 
ber I starting at Number i peg, which is to the extreme left when facing 
the trap house. The trap manufacturers will supply suggestions for 
the erection of the trap house and the installation of the trap. Do not 
forget to install your trap ox traps so that the shooters when in position 
will face the northeast. This means that when holding an all-day shoot 
the sun will not bother the contestants. 




SQUAD OF SHOOTERS AT FIRING POINTS-NO. 5 SHOOTING 

The Club House 

Trapshooting being an all-year-round sport you are bound to en- 
counter some rainy, or otherwise, inclement weather. Some considera- 
tion should therefore be given to providing a shelter from the elements, 
but this of course is not absolutely necessary. If your funds are such 
that they will permit of the erection of a club house or some shelter 

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bear in mind that you should not attempt to erect on too large a scale. 
It is a good plan to go slow, feeling your way, satisfying yourself at 
first with limited quarters. This is a very important consideration. 
Many clubs have disbanded due to the heavy expense incurred in build- 
ing a spacious club house. 

The Du Pont Company, at considerable expense, has prepared work- 
ing plans of club houses costing from $100.00 to $1300.00. Note the 
designs on pages 51 to 64 inclusive. Working plans for erection of club 
houses will be furnished free by the Du Pont Company upon application. 
Your building committee will find these blue prints of value and are 
urged to apply for them. 



SECTION III 

CONDUCTING YOUR TRAPSHOOTING CLUB 

Your trapshooting club is now thoroughly organized, your officers 
elected, your Constitution and By-Laws adopted, your grounds selected 
and laid out, your traps installed, your targets purchased, and your 
club house erected, if you have found it advisable to build one. You 
are now prepared to hold your regular club shoots. The manner in 
which you should conduct your club should next have serious considera- 
'tion. On this depends the success of your club to a major degree. 

The first thing to do is to ask the Du Pont Company to send you a 
book of Trapshooting Rules. You should know these rules thoroughly 
and so should your members. As a matter of fact, you should send for 
this rule booklet as soon as your trapshooting club is a certainty. The 
sooner you and the members have a thorough knowledge of the rules, 
the better. It will help you avoid many trying and embarrassing 
situations. 

The Secretary should provide himself with the necessary books to 
keep record of the entries at shoots, the scores and records made,, the 
stock of shells and targets, the expense incidental to shoots, etc. Such 
books may be obtained from the Sporting Weeklies or sporting goods 
stores. An inquiry to the Du Pont Company will bring a recommenda- 
tion. Another suggestion to Secretaries is that they should bring plenty 
of money in change to the club shoots. 

Aim to conduct your club so that the expense to the members will be 
reduced to a minimum. Charge your members not over ic. apiece for 
targets and lower if possible. The same should apply to the cost of 
ammunition to the members. Stock the low brass or more inexpensive 
shells and sell a box of 25 to a member at not over 65c. Use loads of 

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3 drams of Dupont, Schultze or Empire powder or 24 grains of Bal- 
listite with i^s oz. or 1^4 oz. of No. 7^ chilled shot. These are the 
most popular loads on the market and are the profitable powders for 
you to stock as they will be demanded by your shooters. 

The program for the club shoots should not call for over 25 targets 
to be shot in events of 5 targets each, or in two events of 10 targets and 
one event of 5 targets, or in events of 10 and 15 targets. Some small 
clubs shoot one man up at 5 targets. In any event conducting your 
program in the manner as suggested precludes the possibility of an 
enthusiast shooting too many targets. Trapshooting is one of the most 
fascinating sports and recreations, and unless some precautionary meas- 
ures are taken, shooters are very liable to shoot too much for their 
purses. Always understand that a club is stronger and will live longer 
with 40 members shooting 25 targets each shooting day than a club 
with 10 members shooting 100 targets each shooting day. 

TROPHIES 

Some inexpensive trophies should be secured. Eliminate sweepstakes 
or shooting for money at your club shoots. The Du Pont Company each 
year donates to regularly organized active clubs attractive trophies. 
One may be obtained by applying to this Company's Sporting Powder 
Division at Wilmington, Del. In contesting for trophies of any descrip- 
tion the shooters should be handicapped in such a manner as to enable 
the less skillful shot to have an equal chance with the better shot. In 
any trapshooting club it will be found that a few shooters will become 
proficient in breaking targets more quickly than others. The " Added- 
Target " System of Handicapping is used extensively and is quite 
satisfactory. An idea may be obtained from the following, which is a 
system arranged by the Du Pont Company and intended to cover a 
series of trophy shoots. It may also be used, as you will note, in a 
single event or shoot. 

A Suggested System of "Added Target" 
Handicap for Trapshooting 

Presuming the club is inaugurating a series of shoots for a trophy 
the plan is as follows : 

At the beginning of the competition, each shooter starts with a handi- 
cap based on his previous record, handicapping himself for each suc- 
ceeding event by the actual number of targets broken in the event 
immediately preceding — no shooter to receive more than 100 per cent, 
or a perfect score ; that is, if a shooter in a 25-target race has a handicap 
of 7 " added targets " and breaks 20, he would be credited with a score 
of 25, but not 2^ targets. The scale of this handicap, based on a 25- 
target event, is as follows : 

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A shooter breaking 23, 24 or 25 receives " o " added targets 





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Explanation 

From previous records " A " is a shooter averaging 23, or better, out 
of 25, hence according to above scale " A " will receive " o " added 
targets at the first shoot. At this first shoot he breaks but 20. Since 
he was to receive no added targets, his actual score for this shoot is 20, 
but his breaking only 20 entitles him on his next shoot to " 3 " added 
targets. At the next shoot he breaks 23 — this with his handicap of " 3 " 
gives him a perfect score of 25 — not 26. His breaking 23 again places 
him in the class where " o " added targets are given for the next suc- 
ceeding shoot. 

From previous records " B " is a shooter who averages 15 out of 25. 
This places " B " at the start in the class entitling him to " 8 " added 
targets. He breaks in his first race 17, which, with his handicap of " 8," 
makes his score 25. However, his breaking 17 entitles him to but " 6 " 
added targets on his next shoot. At this shoot he breaks but 15, giving 
him a score of 21 and placing him again in the " 15 " class for the next 
shoot and entitled to " 8 " added targets. The winner of the series is the 
contestant having the highest total score in the specified number of 
events. 

Example: — Suppose the series comprises ten trophy events at 25 
targets each- — the ten events to cover a period of ten or more club shoot- 
ing days — the winner of the series will be the contestant making the 
highest total score in the ten events. For 50-target races doubling the 
number of added targets v/ill give satisfactory results. 

The distance handicap is another method of creating equality in 
trophy or prize contests — the scratch distance is 16 yards from the trap. 
The poorer shots stand at 16 yards while the better shots are handi- 
capped at anywhere from 17 to 23 yards, varying of course with their 
ability. 23 yards is recognized as the extreme distance. 

The best method, however, for club contests is generally conceded to 
be the Class System, which is, in brief, the grouping in classes all con- 
testants of the same ability. This of course eliminates the handicap idea 
and is being used more by trapshooting clubs today than ever before. 
It is probably the cleanest method of arranging a competition. It is not 

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difficult to determine in what class a man should shoot and of course 
contestants are better satisfied when they know they are competing 
against shooters of their own ability. 

The Du Pont Trapshooting Club, one of the largest trapshooting 
organizations in the world, classify their club shooters into five classes 
and offer a sterling silver spoon to the high gun in each class at their 
club shoots. The option of exchanging these spoons for knives or forks 
and other merchandise is also extended the members of this organiza- 
tion. An idea of the conditions governing the spoon contests may be 
obtained from the following : 

" Club members only are eligible — shooters divided into 5 classes, 
A, B, C, D and E. Spoon shoots held 3 times a month and i spoon to 
be shot for in each class. Contests at 25 Targets in events of 10 and 
15 targets over traps No. i and No. 2. Ties to be shot ofif the following 
week or on the day of the contest at the option of the shooters interested. 
Winning one spoon raises the shooter to the next higher class. If he 
does not win a spoon in this higher class in the 3 next spoon contests 
he is again placed in the next lower class. Winning two spoons in any 
one class, during one classification of shooters, places a shooter in the 
next higher class permanently. Contestants in Class A can win but two 
spoons per calendar month. Classification revised every 6 weeks." 

Of course less expensive trophies are desirable for clubs just begin- 
ning as well as for clubs whose assets will only warrant a moderate 
expenditure for this purpose. It is not necessary to spend large sums of 
money for trophies. A bottle of gun oil, a gun cleaner, cleaning rod, 
box of shells or ido targets, all make very desirable and acceptable 
prizes. 

Another very attractive feature at the Du Pont Trapshooting Club is 
the Class Challenge and Championship Cups. The conditions governing 
these are as follows : 

Challenge and Championship Cup for Each of the Club's 
Five Classes — Open to Members Only 

Competition begins^ when cups go into open competition. The 

first 25 targets shot at count. High score in each Class takes Cup and 
name is properly engraved and this winner is then subject to challenge. 
Each Class must have at least two contestants. 

Challenges 

Challenge matches at 50 targets. All challenges must be in writing. 
Loser pays for all targets including ties, if any are necessary. . Holder 
must accept challenge and shoot within two weeks from the date of 

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challenge, otherwise the cup goes to the challenger but his name is not 
engraved. A shooter must defend the cup successfully or win it before 
it is counted a win and his name engraved on it. 

If the holder is not challenged within three weeks from the date of 
his win the cup then goes into open competition. 

Any contestant successfully defending a cup for three successive 
challenge matches must turn in the cup for open competition. After 
each cup has been won by ten different shooters the final ownership will 
be decided by the ten winners shooting off at 50 targets per man, distance 
handicap to govern. 

Pullers and Trappers 

This help will be needed and if you have one Expert Trap or one 
Automatic Trap installed, one puller and one trapper only will be 
required. If your equipment consists of 3 Expert traps an additional 
trapper-boy is necessary. Club members will generally be found willing 
to help with any of the work necessary for the proper conduct of the 
club. 

Score Pads and Score Cards 

Score pads and individual score cards may be obtained from the Du 
Pont Company without cost. The score pads are a great convenience 
to the Secretary. 

Referees, Scorers and Squad Hustlers 

These assistants will be necessary to the proper handling of your 
shoots and if selected by the Field Captain from the members present, it 
will enable the Club to reduce their operating expenses. When arrang- 
ing for the opening shoot, ask the Du Pont Company or some ammuni- 
tion or gun company to send one of their representatives. His presence 
will cost you nothing and these skilled experts can remove an}^ obstacles 
that may have arisen and start you off properly. As these men travel 
almost continuously, advance notice of at least two weeks should be 
given the companies they represent. 

Regulation of Traps 

Regulate your traps so as to throw a target regulation in height and 
angle but not to go over 40 or 45 yards, better 30 or 35 yards at first. 
Beginners soon tire of shooting holes in the air. At the big tourna- 
ments the targets are seldom thrown over 50 yards, so, at the beginning 
you are privileged to throw 40 yard targets with the angles not too 
sharp. Throw your targets so the contestants can break them. 

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KEEPING UP INTEREST 

You will find a little deviation from the usual trend of club shoots 
will help to incite more additional interest. As a further evidence of 
their willingness to assist trapshooting clubs the Du Pont Company 
has prepared the following suggestions which if put into practice may 
be found to be beneficial to the club : 

Dinner Shoot Between Members 
Losing Team To Pay For Dinners of Winners 

Choose two Captains and name each team, say, Red and Blue Team 
for example. The Captains to draw lots for first choice for team mem- 
bers, selecting the members alternately from gun club roster. Give the 
event plenty of newspaper publicity and make sure that the Captains 
get out their team members for the shoot. Make program small, 25 
targets per man. 

Novelty Shoot 

Classify members according to their ability into 5 classes — A, B, C, 
D and E. Have program for afternoon shoot consist of 25 targets as 
follows : 

Class A shooters to stand at 21 yards 



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Event I- 5 pair of doubles (10) targets, all to stand at 16 yards. 
" 2-10 single targets — gun at shoulder. 
" 3- 5 single targets — gun at hip when target is called. 
Have two or three merchandise prizes for each class. 

"Quail" Shoot 

One man up — gun at hip — he starts to walk from 23 yard mark to- 
wards the trap house. He gets his targets any time during his walk to 
the trap house. At discretion of puller contestant may be allowed to 
walk beyond the trap house. 

Miss-and-Out E\ent 

Classify shooters into five classes, A, B, C, D and E. Have event run 
for three or four regular shooting days. Sell entries at a price which 
will permit the buying of one or two trophies for longest straight runs. 

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Have Class E Shooters stand at 14 yards 

" C " " " 18 " 

" B " " " 19 " 

" A " " " 20 " 

Shoot one man up at a time and all shooting to be done from No. 3 
position. Throw targets full fifty yards. 

The Added Target idea is also used in this Event to equalize the 
competition. The Du Pont Hand Trap is used almost universally in 
this event. With the hand trap handicaps are not always used as the 
thrower can regulate the targets giving the E and D men the easiest 
targets. 

High Gun Trophy — Each Class 

Divide shooters into five classes, A, B, C, D and E. To be run in 
conjunction with regular trophy event at 25 targets. Charge extra 
entrance for the event of 10 or 15c. Lay aside this as a purse to buy 
one or two trophies, depending on entries, and carry event along for one 
or two months and award trophies to shooters making highest scores 
in their classes during the competition. 

Team Races 

Contests with neighboring clubs at 25 targets should be arranged. 
Inter-City matches create a wonderful amount of interest. One match 
should be shot over your grounds and the following one on your oppo- 
nent's grounds. If you have several clubs in your immediate vicinity 
organize a League of clubs. Hold matches of 25 targets on each other's 
grounds, all clubs to combine and buy a suitable trophy to be awarded 
to the club finishing first. 

Trapshooting Club Leagues 

The value of the Trapshooting League cannot be over estimated. 
Experience has shown that in sections where Leagues exist the trap- 
shooting game is on a more established basis than in sections where 
there are no leagues. The large number of trapshooting leagues now 
in existence is an evidence of the rapid advancement the sport is making 
in this direction. Everywhere leagues of gun clubs are being formed 
for the mutual benefit and greater enjoyment of the individual members 
of the clubs interested. Leagues of three and four or more clubs are 
common in all sections. 

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The Du Pont Company have made a special study of the league ques- 
tion and are prepared to suggest methods of forming such associations, 
constitutions and by-laws for same, manner of holding shoots and of 
securing and awarding prizes. In fact, they will be glad to give anyone 
interested the benefit of their experience on matters connected with the 
formation and successful conduct of gun club leagues or associations 
of trapshooting clubs. If interested, just address the Du Pont Com- 
pany's Sporting Powder Division at Wilmington, Del., stating how 
many clubs are interested in your proposed league and prompt reply 
will be given you. 

Tournaments 

The question of a tournament is bound to come up during the life ot 
an active trapshooting club. Members read of other clubs holding 
successful tournaments and of course from a standpoint of personal 
pride for their own club want their club to hold a tournament. Con- 
sider this question very carefully. Tournaments, especially those for 
purses, become a matter of quite some expense to the participants. The 
holding of too many tournaments for purses has done more to dis- 
organize trapshooting club.= than anything else. 

The Merchandise Tournament is the best kind to hold. When you 
decide that a tournament is desirable, decide on one for merchandise. 
Have the program call for not over 50 targets and make the entrance 
fee nominal. Have the club provide some prizes and solicit some from 
your able members and the merchants of your town. Yoii will soon 
have a list of attractive prizes. Get out a poster program. Advertise 
your shoot thoroughly through your local newspapers and the news- 
papers of towns close by. Secure for your tournament a national promi- 
nence by sending a copy of the program in advance to the various sport- 
ing magazines. You will find that you will have an entry list plenty 
large enough for you to handle properly. Conduct a tournament like 
this in classes or on the Lewis Class System (see explanation of Systems 
pages 26 to 41 inclusive). 

On Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's a turkey and chicken 
shoot is very appropriate. Most active clubs hold turkey or chicken 
shoots at these seasons, using a program like the one described above 
for the Merchandise Shoot. A flag shoot (flags as prizes) is appropriate 
for the Fourth of July. 

At such shoots or tournaments employed help should be provided to 
enable you to run the shoot to the satisfaction of the participants. It will 
be found advisable to hire your referees and scorers for such shoots. 
Shooters attending tournaments like things to run like clock work. You 
can depend on hired help being at their respective stations whereas 
volunteer help cannot always be"^elied upon. 

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Attention to Equipment 

Before each shoot you should see that the trap house is filled with 
enough targets to meet the afternoon or day's requirements, and your 
traps should be oiled, cleaned and regulated. After each shoot see that 
the pick-ups (the targets shot at and not broken) are collected. These 
you may trap over again. Pick-ups make money for the club. 

Cleaning Rods, Gun Oil, Etc. 

Another thing to bear in mind is the matter of carrying as club 
property a can or bottle of gun oil, a few inexpensive cleaning rods and 
some cheese cloth or canton flannel. These will be needed by your mem- 
bers many times. It will not mean a considerable expenditure and it will 
be quite a convenience to your members. 



FORM OF CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS 

Name and Object 

The name of this club shall be the Trapshooting Club 

of and is organized for the purpose of promoting the art 

of trapshooting, the proper protection of game and for the promotion 
of good fellowship among lovers of this class of sport. 

Membership 

The members of this club shall consist of such true sportsmen as may 
care to associate themselves together in the above cause. 

Officers 

The officers of this club shall consist of a President, Vice-President, 
Secretary, Treasurer and Field Captain, who shall be elected by ballot 
from among the members in good standing, at the annual meeting 
which shall be held on the first regular meeting day in each year. 

Duties of Officers 

It shall be the duty of the President to call meetings of the members 
of the club, preside at all regular business meetings, and to have general 
supervision of the affairs of the Club. 

The Vice-President shall in the absence of the President assume and 
exercise all duties of that official. 

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The Secretary shall keep all scores and records of the club in books 
adapted to that purpose, and shall have charge of the clerical work 
incidental to all shoots and tournaments, and be responsible for the 
correctness of the same. 

The Treasurer shall keep all moneys of the club and be responsible 
for the same, paying such vouchers as the officers shall approve. He 
shall cilso collect all moneys due from members. 

The Field Captain shall have charge of the shooting range, the care 
of ground property and the handling of the executive end of practice 
and tournament work. 

Meetings 

Meetings of the Club shall be held as the members at the annual 
meeting may elect, or upon the call of the President, or any three mem- 
bers when such call is presented in writing. 

Fees 

annually in advance, to the treasurer. 

The membership fees incidental to this Club shall be payable 

BYLAWS 

1. The price of targets for all occasions shall be each, except 

in regular tournaments held by Club, when price shall be fixed by proper 
officers. 

2. Members wishing to shoot at the range on other than regular Club 
meeting days shall pay and be responsible to the Field Captain, for the 
hire of trappers, and such incidental expenses as they may incur. Mem-- 
bers entertaining friends at the range shall be answerable for their con- 
duct and expense. 

3. It is the purpose of this Club that the throwing of targets shall be 
kept within a reasonable range, and the flight limited, say, to a maximum 
distance of forty-five yards. 

4. There shall be no sweep-stakes or shooting for money among the 
members of this Club at the regular practice meets, such pecuniary con- 
siderations being strictly confined to tournaments. 

5. Program for club shoots shall call for 25 targets^ — not over. 
No member will be permitted to shoot at more than 50 targets during 
any one club shoot. Failure to abide by this is a direct violation of the 
Club's By-Laws. 

6. This Constitution and By-Laws may be amended or altered by the 
vote of a majority of members in attendance at any regular meeting, 
where ten or more members are present, providing a written notice of 
such proposed change shall have been given the "members. 

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PATRONIZE LOCAL DEALERS 

Buy from your local dealer or dealers. You need their support and 
they need your business. You will find that they will sell you supplies 
at just as attractive prices as will be consistent. 

THE POWDER QUESTION 

Too much consideration cannot be given this as it will have a large 
part in determining your success as a trapshooter. No shooter, whether 
a trapshooter or game shooter, can afford to discount the importance 
of a satisfactory powder in his ammunition. You need a safe, reliable 
and effective powder. You can have this by insisting that your shells 
be loaded with Dupont, Ballistite, Schultze or Empire Powder. These 
Du Pont powders represent the highest point of perfection ever reached 
in sporting powders. Their characteristics are such that they satisfy 
the most critical. They are manufactured with so much care, and their 
formulae are such, that they are smokeless, pleasant to shoot, give 
good patterns, and will not pit or corrode the gun barrels or locks. 

Dupont bulk is the most popular smokeless shotgun powder in the 
world. More shooters use it than all other powders combined. It 
generates a higher velocity than afiy other smokeless shotgun powder, 
its recoil is moderate and its patterns perfect. 

Ballistite is the Du Pont dense powder. It represents the highest 
perfection in dense smokeless shotgun powder. It is absolutely water- 
proof — may be immersed in water, dried, loaded and shot again with 
the best results. It gives a high velocity with even patterns and little, 
if any, recoil. 

Schultze is the " easy on the shoulder " powder. It gives practically 
no recoil. It patterns perfectly and generates high velocity. 

Empire is another " easy on the shoulder " powder. It is very 
pleasant to shoot. 

Trapshooting club secretaries are urged to carry only shells loaded 
with Du Pont powders in stock at their club. By doing this the club 
is enabled to reduce its assortment of shells to a minimum and at the 
same time carry loads that will satisfy all their members and visiting 
trapshooters as well. Du Pont powders having been before the, sports- 
men for so long (over 112 years), they are well and favorably known, 
and acceptable to all. 

NEWSPAPER PUBLICITY 

Always send your scores with a nice write-up arid notes of the shoot 
to the sporting editors of your local' newspapers. " You will soon find 
that the newspapers of the towns close by will be after you for this news. 

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The value of newspaper publicity should not be underestimated. Too 
much publicity cannot be given the spbrt. Copies of your scores with 
nice write-ups and notes of the shoot should also be sent to the editors 
of the various sporting magazines. This secures for your club and its 
activities a national prominence. 

EQUIPMENT OF THE TRAPSHOOTER 

The question of your personal equipment might arise. This is so 
clearly and exhaustively defined in the article " Some Hints to Begin- 
ners " in the booklet entitled " The Sport Alluring " issued by the Du 
Pont Company that it seems unnecessary to treat of this subject here. 

PRECAUTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS 

The following Precautions and Suggestions, compiled by one of the 
Du Pont Company's representatives, should be carefully studied and 
followed : 

For the safety of those taking part in trapshooting, as well as the on- 
lookers, the following precautions should be observed and rigidly 
enforced. 

No. I. Do not place a cartridge in your gun except when standing 
at the firing line in your proper place in the squad, and with the muzzle 
of the gun pointed in the direction of the trap-house. 

No. 2. Place only ONE cartridge in your gun when shooting single 
targets and but TWO cartridges when shooting double targets. 

No. 3. When changing from position No. 5 to position No, i at the 
firing line be sure to have your gun open and unloaded. 

No. 4. Never, under any circumstances, . point a gun in the club 
house, or in the direction of any other person. If you pick up a gun to 
look it over, make certain both chamber and magazine are empty before 
pulling the trigger. 

No. 5. Do not question the referee's decision. The person shooting 
is the least competent to judge the result of a shot as the recoil of the 
gun for an instant impairs the shooter's vision. 

No. 6. Avoid being late in getting to your place on the firing line, and 
otherwise extend to contestants the same courtesies you expect to 
receive. 

No. 7. Remain in your position at the firing line with the gun empty 
until the last man in the squad has finished shooting. 

No. 8. Do not converse with your neighbor while at the firing line, or 
do anything that might disconcert others in the squad. Spectators and 
non-contestants should avoid loud talking, etc., which might have a 
tendency to embarrass or disconcert the shooters. 

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No. 9, Do not refuse a fair target. If at your call of " pull " a fair 
target leaves the trap and you do not shoot at it, the referee has no alter- 
native but to call it " lost " and it will be scored as a " miss." 

No. 10. Do not shoot at an imperfect target. An imperfect target is 
one which leaves the trap broken, or takes an extreme variation of height 
or angle in its flight. An imperfect target is " No Bird." 

No. II. If you shoot at a broken target and hit it, it is " No Bird," 
and you must shoot over. The experienced shooter always carries two 
or three extra shells with him to take care of such emergencies. If you 
shoot at a target thrown at an extreme angle, you must abide by the 
result of your shot. 

No. 12. Familiarize yourself with the " Rules of Trapshooting." 
You cannot be an experienced trapshooter until you know the rules of 
the game. Trapshooting Rules Booklet sent free upon request by the 
Du Pont Powder Co., Wilmington, Delaware. 

By observing the above precautions there will be no unfortunate 
accidents or incidents to mar the pleasure of contestants or spectators 
during the progress of a sport that is at once the best, as well as the 
cleanest, in which both men and women can participate, and which is 
fast becoming so universally popular. 

N. B. Trapshooting Clubs should furnish their trap boys with a flag 
or signal of some sort to be displayed when the boy wishes to leave the 
trap-house, and which should be in evidence during his absence there- 
from. 

Copy of the above Precautions suitable for display at your club may 
be obtained without charge from the Du Pont Company. 

If your Club should ever become dormant and your members disin- 
terested, and if you feel the necessity for new ideas never hesitate to 
write the Du Pont Company at Wilmington, Del., or any of the Com- 
pany's representatives. 

SECTION IV 

SYSTEM OF MONEY DIVISIONS 

Perhaps an explanation of the Systems most in use at tournaments 
for dividing moneys would be of interest. Probably the System most 
extensively used today, and the System that seems to meet the require- 
ments of the shooting fraternity, as a whole, more universally than any 
other, is the Squier Money Back System designed by Luther J. Squier 
of Pittsburgh, Pa., a representative of the Du Pont Company. 

The Squier Money Back designates a fund created for the purpose of 
paying back part or all of the losses of those participants who shoot 

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through the program for the purses and who do not win back the 
amount of their entrance, less the cost of the targets. This fund is 
created from the added money contributed to the tournament, from an 
extra entrance fee of $i.oo charged each amateur who competes in all 
of the regular program events, plus a specified extra sum, usually loc. 
per event charged to any amateur who enters for less than the entire 
program, and from a sum derived from the number of targets trapped — 
usually ic. apiece from every target thrown. 

The management of a tournament conducted under the Squier Money 
Back System does not guarantee the refund of the entrance money in 
the regular program less the price of targets, but it is almost an assured 
fact that this entrance will be refunded as the Money Back for years has 
not failed to work. 

PRACTICAL EXPLANATION 

Say it was a one-day Tournament ; that $50.00 added money was con- 
tributed ; that 3,750 targets were trapped and that 25 Amateur contes- 
tants competed in all regular program events. This would mean that 
the Special Fund would be made up from the $50.00 added money, 
$37.50 from the 3,750 targets trapped, and $25.00 from the extra en- 
trance fee of $1.00 paid by the 25 Amateur contestants who competed 
in all regular program events, a total of $112.50, itemized more con- 
cisely as follows : 

Added money $50.00 

3,750 targets at ic 37.50 

Extra entrance fee • 25.00 

Total $112.50 

Now further say that the program called for ten events of 15 targets 
each, and an entrance fee of $1.40 per event — a total of 150 targets, and 
a total entrance fee (counting the $1.00 extra entrance) of $15.00. 
Deducting two cents for each target shot at, a total of $3.00 for the 
150 targets, and it would leave a net cost of $12.00 for entrance fees 
to each Amateur contestant who competed in all regular program events. 
This would mean that each Amateur contestant who competed in all 
regular program events of the Tournament and failed to win $12.00 
or more would be paid back, out of the Special Fund of $112.50. the 
difference between what he did win and $12.00, or his equitable share 
of the $112.50, if it was not sufficient to pay back the losses in full. 

By way of illustration say : 

First. That 10 of the Amateur contestants competed in all regular 
program events and that each of them won $12.00 or more. 

Second. That 10 of the Amateur contestants competed in all regular 
program events and that each of them won less than $12.00, their losses 

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ranging from $i.oo to $ii.oo, and that their total losses amounted to 
$62.50. 

Third. That 5 of the Amateur contestants did not compete in all 
regular program events. 

Fourth. That the Special Fund amounted to $112.50. 

This would mean the following : 

First. That the 10 Amateur contestants who each won $12.00 or 
more would be paid the amounts won by them respectively. 

Second. That $62.50 would be taken from the Special Fund to pay 
each of the 10 Amateur contestants who failed to win $12.00 a sum 
sufficient to make $12.00 when added to the amount each contestant 
did win. 

Third. That the 5 Amateur contestants who did not compete in all 
regular program events would be paid the amounts won by them re- 
spectively, but would have no share in the Special Fund. 

Fourth. That $50.00, the balance left in the Special Fund, after the 
$62.50 was paid to the losers as above mentioned, would be divided 
among the HIGH GUN Amateurs who had competed in all regular 
program events. 

By way of further illustration say : 

That 15 of the Amateur contestants competed in all regular program 
events and that each of them won less than $12.00, their losses ranging 
from $1.00 to $11.50, and that their total losses amounted to $124.00. 

This ^yould mean the following: 

That, inasmuch as the Special Fund of $112.50 avouM not be sufficient 
to pay back the losses in full, the $112.50 would be divided by $124,00 
to find what the proportionate share of $1.00 would be. $1 12.50 divided 
by $124.00 would make .9072, a fraction more than 90 cents per $1.00. 
Multiply each of the 15 contestants' losses by 90 cents and it would give 
the amount of his proportionate share of the $112.50. 

Contestants are not guaranteed that they will be paid back the total 
amount of their net entrance-fees, but it is reasonable to believe that they 
will be paid back in full, as the statistical data in connection with Tour- 
naments conducted under the Squier Money-Back System show that in 
each instance where the added money was placed in the Special Fund 
there was an amount sufficient to pay back the losses in full, and fre- 
quently there was quite a large surplus. When there is a surplus, it is 
divided among the HIGH GUN Amateurs as follows : 

$1 to $10, two moneys — 60 and 40 per cent. 

$1 1 to $25, three moneys — 50, 30 and 20 per cent. 

$26 to $50, four moneys — 40, 30, 20 and 10 per cent. 

$51 to $100, six moneys — 30, 20, 15, 13, 12 and 10 per cent. 

$101 to $150, nine moneys — 25, 17, 14, 11, 10, 8, 6, 5 and 4 per cent. 

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(Continued.) 

$151 to $200, twelve moneys — 20, 16, 13, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 5, 4, 3 and 3 
per cent. i 

$201 to $250, fifteen moneys— 18, 14, 11, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 5, 4, 3, 3, 3, 
2 and I per cent. 

$251 to $300, eighteen moneys— 16, 14, 11, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 5, 4, 3, 3, 3, 
2, I, I, I and I per cent. 

$301 to $350, twenty-one moneys— 14, 13," 11, 9,, 8, 7, 6, 5, 5, 4, 3, 3, 3, 
2, I, I, I, I, I, I and I per cent. 

$351 to $400, twenty-four rnoneys— 13, 12, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 5, 4, 3, 3, 3, 

2, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I and I per cent. 

$401 to $450, twenty-seven moneys — 12, 11, 10, 8, 8, 7, 6, 5, 5, 4, 3, 3, 

3, 2, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I and I per cent. 

$451 to $500, and over, thirty moneys — 1,1, 10, 9, 8, 8, 7, 6, 5, 5, 4, 3, 3, 
3, 2, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I and I per cent. 

EXPLANATORY FORM FOR A ONE-DAY SHOOT 



NAMES 



Klauss, S. H 

Jones, R. T 

Harrison, L. B.. . 
Ellsworth, E. H.. 
Anderson, C. H. . 

Davis, R. R. 

Matson, E. E. . . . 
Johnston, N. W. 

Harvey, J. S 

Grant, R. H 

Anthony, T. B. . . 
Canton, T. W. . . . 
Baldwin, J. S.. . . 
Watts, S. W. . . . . 
Shaw, W. T. . . . . 

Owen, J. H 

Mader, J. F 

Waverly, E. A. . . 
Newman, T. O.. . 

Sarver, E. L 

Ransome, C. B.. . 
Landau, A. W. . . 
Amberton, M. A. 
Flanders, S. S. . . 
Patton, E. h 



Footings 



Score 
at 150 
targets ■ 



104 
138 
103 
56 
138 
120 
129 
131 
128 
III 
135 
100 

138 
115 
117 
132 

120 
137 
133 

77 
118 
132 
117 

134 
12s 



Total 
Winnings 



? 3-15 
18.40 

4.90 

0.00 
18.55 

8.80 
11-75 
14-25 
II. 15 

8.65 
16.50 

5-80 
20.45 

4.60 

5-85 
16.55 

6.90 
18.70 
14-95 

1-25 

6.50 
16.10 
11-6S 
16.40 
11-55 



Losses 

Difference 

Between Total 

Winnings and 

' $12.00 



■$ 8.85 

Did not shoot in all events 
- 12.00 

.•3.20 

• 25 

.85 
Did not shoot in all events 

Did not shoot in all events 

7.40 
6.15 

^5-10 

Did not shoot in all events I 
■ 5-50 I 

Did not shoot in all events 
•45 



$49-75 



Share of 

Surplus 
Money 
(If any) 



$13.32 
13-32 

7-38 
13-32 

8.00 

6.15 



)i.49 



Contributed by the Interstate Association 

Total number of targets trapped, -i cent per target applied to Special Fund. C3675) 

Total amount received from the extra entrance of $1.00, and from the ten cents per event 
paid by the contestants who drtl not shoot in all events ....:... 

Total airiount of Special Fund to pay back losses • • ■ • 

Total amount of losses • • . . • 



Surplus (if any') to be divided among the high gun Amateurs. 
Surplus divided into six moneys 30-20-15-13-12 and 10 per cent. 

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$'So.oo 
36.75 

$IU.25 

49 75 
$ 61. so 



EXPLANATORY FORM FOR A TWO-DAY SHOOT 















Losses 






NAMES 




Each 
Days 


Total 
Score 


Each 
Day's 


Total 


Difference 
Between 


Share of 
Surplus 




(Arrange in 




Score 


at 300 


Win- 


Win- 


Total Win- 


Money 


Memoranda 


Alphabetical Order) 




at 150 
Targets 


Targets 


nings 


nings 


nings and 
$24.00 


(If any) 






1st Day 


135 




$16.50 










Anderson, C H.. 


2d Day 
ist Day 


137 
115 


272 


16.30 
4.60 


$32.80 




$8.83 




Anthony, T. B... 


2d Day 
ist Day 


107 
120 


222 


2.70 
8.80 


7.30 


$16.70 






Baldwin, J. S.. . . 


2d Day 
ist Day 


128 
138 


248 


10.70 

18.55 


19.50 


4-50 


4-41 




Canton, T. W. . . 


2d Day 
ist Day 


140 
131 


278 


19.20 

14.25 


37-75 




27.59 




Davis, R. R 


2d Day 
ist Day 


128 




II. 15 








Shot one day only 


Ellsworth, E. H.. 


2d Day 
ist Day 


137 




18.70 








Shot one day only 


Flanders, S. S.. . 


2d Day 
ist Day 


136 
109 


^7i 


16.45 
5.80 


35.15 




11.59 




Grant, R. H 


2d Day 
ist Dav 


lOI 
125 


210 


1.40 

II 55 


7.20 


16.80 




Did not shoot in all 


Harrison, L. B.. . 


2d Day 
ist Day 


132 




16.55 








events second day 


Harvey, J. S 


2d Day 
ist Day 


144 
118 


276 


22. 10 
6.50 


38.65 




18.76 




Isaacs, M. A 


2d Day 
ist Day 


104 




3.15 








Shot one day only 


Johnston, A. W.. 


2d Day 
ist Day 


^6 




0.00 








Shot one day only 


Jones, R. T 


2d Day 
ist Day 


122 




8.65 








Shot one day only 


Klauss, S. H 


2d Day 
1st Day 


117 
138 


239 


5-95 
20.45 


14.60 


9.40 






Landau, A. \V. . . 


2d Day 


136 


274 


17.35 


.37-80 




15.4s 1 




ist Day 


117 




5.85 










Mader, J. F 


2d Day 
1st Day 


III 
113 


228 


4.55 
4.90 


10.40 


13.60 






Matson, E. E. . . . 


2d Day 
ist Day 


117 
120 


230 


6.25 
6.90 


II-I5 


12.85 






Newman, T.O.. . 


2d Day 
ist Day 


133 
88 


253 


14.70 
1.25 


21.60 


2.40 


5-51 




Owen, J. H 


2d Day 
ist Day 


109 

132 


197 


5-35 
16. 10 


6.60 


17-40 




Did not shoot in all 


Patton, E. L 

( 


2d Day 
ist Day 


128 




n.65 








events second day 


Ransome, C. B.. . 


2d Day 
ist Day 


129 




11.75 








Shot one day only 


Shaw, W. T 


2d Day 
1st Day 


134 




16.40 








Shot one day only 


Sarver, J. S 


2d Day 
ist Day 


1.38 




18.40 








Shot one day only 


Waverly, E. A. . . 


2d Day 
ist Day 


135 
133 


273 


16.15 

14-95 


34-55 




11-59 




Watts, S. W 


2d Day 


130 


263 


12.60 


27-55 


$93-65 


6-62 




Footings. . . . 












$110.35 





Contributed by the Interstate Association 

Total number of targets trapped, first day, i cent per target applied to Special Fund. (37S0) 

Total number of targets trapped, second day, i cent per target applied to Special Fund. (2490) 

Total amount received first day from the extra entrance of $1.00, and from the Jo cents per event 

paid by the contestants who did not shoot in all events the first day 

Total amount received second day from the extra entrance of $1.00, and from the 10 cents per event 

paid by the contestants who did not shoot in all events the second day ._ 

Total amount of Special Fund to pay back losses 

Total amount of losses 

Surplus to be divided among tl^e high gun Amateurs $110.35 

Surplus divided into nine moneys 25-17-14-11-10-8-6-5 and 4 per cent. 

30 



pioo.oo 
37-50 
24.90 

25.00 

16.60 



$204.00 
93-65 



Professionals are NOT charged the extra entrance fee of $i.oo but 
they AiRE charged two cents for each target shot at by them, and one 
cent for each target shot at by them is placed in the Special Fund. 

No Amateur contestant shall be allowed to shoot for " targets only " 
at less than two cents per target, of which one cent shall be placed in the 
Special Fund. 

The working out of the Squier Money-Back System means that the 
less skillful shot can compete in all regular program events of a Tourna- 
ment and have a chance to win something if he is in good form, and if 
he fails to shoot up to expectations his sport costs him the price of 
targets only. The more skillful shot has a better chance of winning 
larger amounts, than under the old way of adding a small amount of 
money to each event, because of the increased number of entries in each 
event, thus making bigger purses to compete for, and also because of the 
possible surplus from the Special Fund. 

The question may arise : " Where does the gun club make on a 
proposition of this kind? " This question is readily answered by stat- 
ing that there is a reasonable profit in the one cent per target which 
goes to the club; that, as a general rule, the number of contestants is 
largely increased ; that, consequently, the traps can be worked to their 
greatest capacity and the cost of trapping reduced thereby, and that the 
majority of contestants shoot through the entire regular program. In 
addition, the club makes on the proposition by sending home a satisfied 
lot of contestants who will return and shoot again. 

THE LEWIS CLASS SYSTEM 

ORIGINATED BY JAMES LEWIS OF THE 
WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO. 

The purpose of the system is to encourage trapshooting by providing 
an equitable division of the money or trophies, so that shooters of all 
degrees of ability may have an equal chance of sharing in the rewards 
that their contributions (entry fees) make possible. 
. As an absolutely consistent performance is rarely ever seen in the 
shooting game, the arrangement of a set handicap is a very thankless 
and unsatisfactory task. With the Lewis Class System, a contestant's 
performance determines his standing in the race and the distribution 
of prizes is taken care of. 

The chief criticism of the system has been that the element of luck 
enters largely into the distribution of the prizes in all classes, except 
the, top class. Luck does enter into this distribution, but a practical test 
of over five years in the largest Trap Shooters' Leagues and gun clubs 
in the country has proven that the element of luck has, through this 
system, secured a wider range of prize distribution, thereby creating 
considerable additional interest in trapshooting. 

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How the System Operates 

Two, three, four, or five classes may be established, and are usually 
designated as^* A, B, C, D and E; r 

The classifying is done when the day's program or event is finished ; 
the scores being arranged in numerical order, beginning with the highest 
and descending to the lowest in the entire program or event. 

These scores are then divided by the number of classes agreed upon. 
If four classes are used, then thfe fourth containing the highest scores 
is class A; the next highest fourth, class B'; the next fourth, class C; 
and the next, class D. ' 

Exceptions to Rule 

First. Where a short class is necessary, due to odd entry list, the 
short class or classes shall head the list. 

Second. Where the line of class, division falls in a number of. tie 
scores, the contestants are assigned to; the class in w^hich the majority 
of the scores appears. ^ . , ,. ,,,. ■' i - -- /. 

Third. Where an equal number of tif scores appears on either side 
of the line, contestants shall be assigned to the head of the Iqwer class. 

Fourth. Where the original division is changed, due_ to tie scores, 
this change shall apply only to the classe? directly affected and the 
original equation shall continue in the other classes. ...., „ ' : 

The question of ties is one which rarely has to be contended with in 
a 150 target tournament. j_ ^^ 

Money or Prize Division 

The purse, or the prizes, are; then divided- into four equal parts; a 
fourth to each class ; and the" high man or men in these classes are the 
winners of the money or prizes allotted to their class. 

Ordinarily the regular tournament entrance is just the price of tar- 
gets at two cents each. One cent from each target trapped is set aside to 
create the purse, which is then equally divided among the classes. 

Usual Division in Each Class 

High Gun or / r Rose System 

60-40% I to 5 Shooters .. , . ... 6-4 

50-30-20^ 6 to 15 Shooters 5-3-2 

40-30-20-10% ., 16 to .^5 Shooters . . ,4-3-2-1 

Merchandise or trophies are always awarded according to the. High 
Gun System. 

Ties are shot off or determined by lot at the option of the Tourna- 
ment management. 

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SIEFKEN HIGH GUN SYSTEM 

Revised 1914 

This system is based on the total number of targets trapped during an 
entire regular program, a fixed valuation being placed on each target. 

Applied to a 150 target program, it creates not less than one money 
for every two entries. In a 100 target program, one-third; and in a 
200 target program, two-thirds participate in the purses. 

Scales below are based on the minimum, or a valuation of one cent 
per target, making the total entrance fee $3. 00 for a 150 target pro- 
gram, one cent of which is retained by the club, the balance being a valu- 
ation of one cent per target for the purses. When the valuation is fixed 
at two cents per target, total entrance fee would be $4.50 ; at three cents 
per target, $6.00 and so on. When the valuation is fixed at a greater 
amount than the minimum, multiply each purse by a like amount. 

ThoSfe shooting for targets only (professionals and those participat- 
ing in only part of the regular program) are charged two cents per tar- 
get, one cent of which applies to total purse. When the fixed valuation 
is greater than the minimum, divide the number of targets by the fixed 
valuation, adding the result to the total number of targets in program. 

Added Money. Apply amount to corresponding scale and add to high 
guns in extra purses. 

All surplus moneys revert back to high guns. 

All moneys are divided high guns and apply only to those shooting 
through the entire regular program. 

A participant may withdraw at any time and be refunded the amount 
of his unfinished events, but on a withdrawal from the last event notice 
of same should be given cashier before said event starts. 

As net amount of each purse is computed in the scales below, the 
winners are determined as last event is in progress, by applying total 
number of targets to corresponding scale and dividing among winners 
accordingly. 

Note. — Any deviation from the above should be so designated on 
program. 

Added money may be '' ADDED TO PROGRAM " by adding said 
amount to the number of targets trapped, applying net result to corre- 
sponding scale. 

Part of added money may be added in extra purses and balance to 
the program. 

To reduce the number of moneys in any scale one-half, divide the 
amount by 2, applying result to proper scale and multiply each money 
under this head by 2. To refiuce one-third, divide and multiply by 3. 
To increase the number of moneys, reverse this application. 

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Should the total number of targets trapped, or the added money, be 
greater than the scales accommodate, a division may be determined by 
dividing such amount by 2, applying result to corresponding scale, mak- 
ing every two moneys the same under this head. As an illustration, 
$300 is added, which divided by 2 is $150, taking scale 15,000, under 
which first and second winner would receive $10.95 each, third and 
fourth $9.65 each and so on. 

300 600 900 1200 1500 1800 2100 2400 2700 3000 330c 



$3-00 


$3.60 


$4-50 


$4.80 


$5.30 


$5.70 


$6.05 


$6.35 


$6.60 


$6.85 


$7.05 




2.40 


2.70 


3.60 


4.10 


4.50 


4.85 


5.15 


5.40 


5.65 


5.85 






1.80 


2.40 


2.90 


3.30 


3.65 


3.95 


4.20 


4.45 


4.65 








1.20 


1.70 


2.10 


2.45 


2.75 


3.00 


3.25 


3-45 










1. 00 


1.40 


1.70 


2.00 


2.25 


2.45 


2.65 












1. 00 


1.30 
1. 00 


1.60 
1.20 
1. 00 


1.85 
1.45 
1.25 
1. 00 


2.05 
.1.65 
1-45 
1.20 

I.OO 


2.25 

1.85 
1.65 

1.40 

1.20 
I.OO 


3600 


3900 


4200 


4500 


4800 


5100 


5400 


5700 


6000 


6300 


6600 


$7.25 


$7.45 


$7.65 


$7.80 


$7.95 


$8.05 


$8.15 


$8.30 


$8.45 


$8.55 


$8.65 


6.0s 


6.25 


6.40 


6.55 


6.70 


6.80 


6.90 


7.05 


7.20 


7.30 


. 7.40 


4.85 


S.os 


5.20 


5-35 


5-50 


5.60 


5.70 


5.85 


5.95 


6.05 


6.15 


3-65 


3.85 


4.00 


4.15 


4.30 


4.40 


4.50 


4.65 


4-75 


4.85 


4.95 


2.85 


3.00 


3-15 


3.30 


3.45 


3.55 


3.65 


3-75 


3.8s 


3.9s 


4.05 


2.45 


2.60 


2.75 


2.90 


3.05 


3^15 


3.25 


3.35 


3.45 


3.55 


3.65 


2.05 


2.20 


2-35 


2.50 


2.65 


2.75 


2.8s 


2.95 


3.05 


3-15 


3.25 


1.80 


1.95 


2.10 


2.25 


2.40 


2.50 


2.60 


2.70 


2.80 


2.90 


3.00 


i-SS 


1.70 


1.85 


2.00 


2.15 


2.30 


2.40 


2.50 


2.60 


2.70 


2.80 


T-35 


1.50 


i.6s 


1.80 


1-95 


2.10 


2.20 


2.30 


2.40 


2.50 


2.60 


i-iS 


1.30 


1-45 


1.60 


1.70 


1.85 


I.9S 


2.05 


2.15 


2.25 


2.35 


1. 00 


I.I5 


1.30 


1-45 


1-55 


1.70 


1.85 


1-95 


2.05 


2.15 


2.25 




1. 00 


1. 15 


I.2S 


1.35 


1.50 


i.6s 


1.75 


1.85 


1.95 


2.05 






1. 00 


1. 10 


1.20 


1-35 


1.50 


1. 00 


1.70 


1.80 


1.90 








1. 00 


1. 10 


1.25 


1.40 


1.50 


1.60 


1.70 


1.80 










1. 00 


I.I5 


1.30 


1.40 


1.50 


1.60 


1.70 












1. 00 


I.I5 
1. 00 


1.25 

I.IO 

1. 00 


1. 35 
1.20 

I.IO 

1. 00 


1-45 
1.30 
1.20 

I.IO 
I.OO 


1.55 
1.40 
1.30 

I.I5 
I. OS 

I.OO 


6900 


7200 


7500 


7800 


8100 


8400 


8700 


9000 


9300 


9600 


9900 


$8.75 


$8.85 


$8.95 


$9.05 


$9.15 


$9.25 


$9.35 


$9.45 


$9.55 


$9.65 


$9.75 


7-50 


7.60 


7.70 


7.80 


7.90 


8.00 


8.10 


8.20 


8.30 


8.40 


8.50 


6.25 


6.35 


6.45 


6.55 


6.65 


6.75 


6.85 


6.95 


7-05 


7.15 


7-25 


5-05 


5.15 


5.25 


5.35 


5.45 


5.55 


5.65 


5-75 


5.85 


5.95 


6.05 


4.15 


4-25 


4-35 


4.45 


4-55 


4.65 


4.75 


4.85 


4.95 


5.05 


5.15 


3-75 


3.85 


3-95 


4.05 


4-15 


4.25 


4-35 


4.45 


4-55 


4.65 


4.75 


3-35 


3-45 


3.55 


3.65 


3.75 


3.85 


3-95 


4-05 


4-15 


4.25 


4-55 


3.10 


3.20 


3.30 


3.40 


3-50 


3.60 


3-70 


3.80 


3.90 


4.00 


4.10 


2.90 


3.00 


3.10 


3.20 


3.30 


3.40 


3.50 


3.60 


3.70 


3.80 


3.85 


2.70 


2.80 


2.90 


3.00 


3-10 


3.20 


3.30 


3.40 


3.50 


3-55 


3.60 


2.45 


2.55 


2.65 


2.75 


2.85 


2.95 


3.05 


3-15 


3.20 


3-25 


3.30 


2.35 


2.45 


2.55 


2.65 


2.75 


2.85 


2.95 


3.00 


3.05 


3.10 


3.15 


2.15 


2.25 


2.35 


2.45 


2.55 


2.65 


2.70 


2.75 


2.80 


2.85 


2.90 


2.00 


2.10 


2.20 


2.30 


2.40 


2.45 


2.50 


2.55 


2.60 


2.65 


2.70 


1.90 


2.00 


2.10 


2.20 


2.25 


2.30 


2.35 


2.40 


2.45 


2.50 


2.55 



34 



6900 7200 7500 7800 8ioo 8400 8700 9000 9300 9600 9900 



$1.80 


$1.90 


$2.00 


$2.05 


$2.10 


$2.15 


$2.20 


$2.25 


$2.30 


$2.35 


$2.40 


1.65 


1-75 


1,80 


1.85 


1.90 


1-95 


2.00 


2.05 


2.10 


2.15 


2.20 


1.50 


1-55 


1.60 


1.65 


1.70 


1.75 


1.80 


1.8s 


1.90 


1.95 


2.00 


I-3S 


1.40 


145 


1.50 


1.55 


1.60 


1.65 


1.70 


1-75 


1.80 


1.85 


1.20 


1.25 


1.30 


1.35 


1.40 


1.45 


1.50 


1-55 


1.60 


1.65 


1.70 


1. 10 


1.15 


1.20 


I.2S 


1.30 


1.35 


1.40 


1-45 


1.50 


1.55 


1.60 


1.05 


1. 10 


I-I5 


1.20 


1.25 


1.30 


1-35 


1.40 


1.45 


1.50 


1-55 


1. 00 


1.05 


1. 10 


I.I5 


1.20 


1.25 


1.30 


1.35 


1.40 


1-45 


1.50 




1. 00 


I. OS 


1. 10 


I-I5 


1.20 


1.25 


1.30 


1.35 


1.40 


145 






I.OO 


I. OS 


1. 10 


I.I5 


1.20 


1. 25 


1.30 


1.35 


1.40 








I.OO 


1.05 


1. 10 


I.I5 


1.20 


1.25 


1.30 


1.35 










I.OO 


I.os 


1. 10 


1. 15 


1.20 


1.25 


1.30 












I.OO 


I.os 

I.OO 


1. 10 
1.05 

I.OO 


1. 15 
1. 10 
1.05 

I.OO 


1.20 

I.IS 
1. 10 
I.os 

I.OO 


I.2S 
1.20 
I.IS 
1. 10 

I.os 

I.OO 


10200 


10500 


10800 


moo 


1 1400 


1 1700 


12000 


12300 


12600 


12900 


13200 


$9.85 


$9.95 


$10.05 


$10.15 


$10.25 


$10.35 


$10.45 


$10.50 


$10.55 


$10.60 


$io.6s 


8.60 


8.70 


8.80 


8.90 


9.00 


9.10 


9.15 


9.20 


9.25 


930 


9-35 


7-35 


7-45 


7-55 


7-65 


7-75 


7.80 


7.8s 


7.90 


7-95 


8.00 


8.05 


6.15 


6.25 


6.35 


6-45 


6.50 


6.55 


6.60 


6.65 


6.70 


6.75 


6.80 


5-25 


5.35 


545 


5-50 


5-55 


5.60 


S.65 


5-70 


5-75 


S.80 


5-85 


4.8s 


4-95 


5.00 


5.05 


5-10 


5.15 


5.20 


5-25 


5-30 


5-35 


540 


445 


4-50 


4-55 


4.60 


4.65 


4.70 


4.75 


4.80 


4-85 


4.90 


4.95 


4.^5 


4.20 


4.25 


4-30 


4.35 


4.40 


4-45 


4-50 


4.55 


4.60 


4.65 


3-90 


3-95 


4.00 


4-05 


4.10 


4-15 


4.20 


4-25 


4.30. 


4-35 


4.40 


3.65 


3-70 


3-75 


3.80 


3.85 


3-90 


3.95 


4.00 


4-05 


4.10 


4-15 


3-35 


340 


345 


3-50 


3.55 


3.60 


3.65 


370 


3.75 


3.80 


3.85 


3.20 


3-25 


3.30 


3-35 


3.40 


3-45 


3.50 


3.55 


3.60 


3.65 


3.70 


3.95 


3.00 


3-05 


3-10 


3.15 


3.20 


3^25 


3-30 


3-35 


340 


3-45 


2.75 


2.80 


2.8s 


2.90 


2.95 


3.00 


3.05 


3-10 


3.15 


3.20 


3.25 


2.60 


2.6s 


2.70 


2.75 


2.80 


2.85 


2.90 


2.95 


3.00 


3-05 


3-10 


2.45 


2.50 


2.55 


2.60 


2.6s 


2.70 


2.75 


2.80 


2.8s 


2.90 


2.95 


2.25 


2.30 


2.35 


2.40 


2.45 


2.50 


2.55 


2.60 


2.6s 


2.70 


2.75 


2.0s 


2.10 


2.15 


2.20 


2.25 


2.30 


2.35 


2.40 


2-45 


2.50 


2.55 


1.90 


1-95 


2.00 


2.05 


2.10 


2.15 


2.20 


2.25 


2.30 


2.3s 


2.40 


1-75 


1.80 


1.85 


1.90 


1.95 


2.00 


2.0s 


2.10 


2.15 


2.20 


2.25 


i.6s 


1.70 


1-75 


1.80 


1.85 


1.90 


1-95 


2.00 


2.05 


2.10 


2.15 


1.60 


i.6s 


1.70 


1-75 


1.80 


1.85 


1.90 


1.95 


2.00 


2.05 


2.10 


1-55 


1.60 


1.65 


1.70 


1.75 


1.80 


1.85 


1.90 


1-95 


2.00 


2.05 


1.50 


1-55 


1.60 


1.6s 


1.70 


1-75 


1.80 


1.85 


1.90 


1.95 


2.00 


1-45 


1.50 


1-55 


1.60 


1.65 


1.70 


1-75 


1.80 


1.85 


1.90 


1-95 


1.40 


145 


1.50 


I.S5 


1.60 


i.6s 


1.70 


1.75 


1.80 


1.85 


1.90 


1.35 


1.40 


145 


1.50 


1.55 


1.60 


1.65 


1.70 


1.75 


1.80. 


1.85 


1.30 


1-35 


1.40 


1.45 


1.50 


1-55 


1.60 


1.65 


1.70 


1.75 


1.80 


1-25 


1.30 


1-35 


1.40 


1.45 


150 


1-55 


1.60 


1.65 


1.70 


1.74 


1.20 


1.25 


1.30 


1.35 


1.40 


1-45 


1.50 


■ 1.55 


1.60 


1.65 


1.69 


i.iS 


1.20 


1.25 


1.30 


1.35 


1.40 


1.45 


1.50 


1.55 


1.60 


1.64 


1. 10 


I-I5 


1.20 


1.25 


1.30 


1-35 


1.40 


1-45 


1.50 


1.55 


1-59 


I. OS 


1. 10 


I-I5 


1.20 


1.25 


1.30 


1-35 


1.40 


145 


1.49 


1-53 


1. 00 


1.05 


1. 10 


1.15 


1.20 


1.25 


1.30 


I.3S 


1.40 


1.44 


1.48 




1. 00 


I. OS 


1. 10 


1. 15 


1.20 


1.25 


1.30 


1-35 


1-39 


1.43 






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i.os 


1. 10 


I.IS 


1.20 


1.25 


1.30 


1-34 


1.38 








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1.05 


I.IQ 


I.IS 


1.20 


1.24 


1.28 


1.32 










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1.05 


1. 10 


I-I5 


1. 19 


1.23 


1.27 












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I.OO 


1. 10 
I.os 

I.OO 


1. 14 
1.09 
1.04 

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1. 18 

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T.08 
1.04 
1,00 


1.22 
1. 17 
1. 12 
1.08 
1.04 

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13500 13800 I4I00 I440O 14700 15000 iS300 15600 15900 16200 16500 



$10.70 


$10.75 


$10.80 


$10.85 


$10.90 


$10.95 


$10.99 


$11.03 


$11.07 


$11.11 


$11.15 


9.40 


945 


9-50 


9-55 


9.60 


9-65 


,9.69 


9-73 


9.77 


9.81 


9-85 


8.10 


8.15 


8.20 


8.25 


8.30 


8.35 


,8.39 


843 


8.47 


8.51 


8.55 


6.8s 


6.90 


6.95 


7.00 


7-05 


7.10 


7.14 


7.18 


7.22 


' 7.26 


7.30 


5-90 


5-95 


6.00 


6.05 


6.10 


6.14 


6.18 


6.22 


6.26 


6.30 


6.34 


545 


5-50 


5-55 


5-6o 


5.65 


5.69 


5-73 


5.77 


5.81 


5.85 


5.89 


5.00 


5.0s 


5-10 


5.15 


5.20 


5-24 


5.28 


5.32 


5.36 


540 


5.44 


4.70 


4-75 


4.80 


4.85 


4.90 


4.94 


4.98 


5.02 


5.06 


5.10 


S-T4 


445 


4-50 


4-55 


4.60 


4.64 


4.68 


4.72 


4.76 


4.80 


4.84 


4.88 


4.20 


4-25 


4-30 


4-35 


4.39 


443 


447 


4-51 


4-55 


4-59 


4-63 


3-90 


3-95 


4.00 


4-05 


4.09 


4-13 


4-17 


4.21 


4-25 


4.29 


4.33 


3-75 


■ 3.80 


3.85 


3-90 


3.94 


3.98 


4.02 


4.06 


4.10 


4.14 


4.18 


3-50 


3-55 


3.60 


3-64 


3.68 


3-72 


376 


3.80 


3.84 


3-88 


3-92 


3-30 


3-35 


340 


3-44 


348 


3-52 


3.56 


3-6o 


3-64 


3.68 


3-72 


3-15 


3-20 


3-25 


3-29 


3-33 


3-37 


341 


345 


349 


3-53 


3.57 


3-00 


3-05 


3-10 


3.14 


3.18 


3-22 


3-26 


3-30 


3.34 


3.38 


3.42 


2.80 


2.85 


2.89 


2.93 


2.97 


3.01 


3-05 


3-09 


3.13 


3-^7 


3.21 


2.60 


2.65 


2.69 


2.73 


2.77 


2.81 


2.85 


2.89 


2.93 


2.97 


3.01 


245 


2.50 


2.54 


2.58 


2.62 


2.66 


2.70 


2.74 


2.78 


2.82 


2.86 


2.30 


2.35 


2.39 


243 


2.47 


2.51 


2.55 


2.59 


2hz 


2.67 


2.71 


2.20 


2.24 


2.28 


2.32 


2.36 


2.40 


2.44 


2.48 


2.52 


2.56 


2.60 


2.1S 


2.19 


2.23 


2.27 


2.31 


2.35 


2.39 


243 


2.47 


2.51 


2.55 


2.10 


2.14 


2.18 


2.22 


2.26 


2.30 


2.34 


2.38 


2.42 


2.46 


2.50 


2.05 


2.09 


2.13 


2.17 


2.21 


2.25 


2.29 


2.33 


2.37 


2.41 


2.45 


1.99 


2.03 


2.07 


2.1 1 


2.15 


2.19 


2.23 


2.2,7 


2.31 


2.35 


2.39 


1.94 


1.98 


2.02 


2.06 


2.10 


2.14 


2.18 


2.22 


2.26 


2.30 


2.34 


1.89 


1.93 


1.97 


2.01 


2.05 


2.09 


2.13 


2.17 


2.21 


2.25 


2.29 


i.^ 


1.88 


1.92 


1.96 


2.00 


2.04 


2.08 


2.12 


2.16 


2;20 


2.24 


1.78 


1.82 


1.86 


1.90 


1.94 


1.98 


2.02 


2.06 


2.10 


2.14 


2.18 


1.73 


1.77 


1.81 


1.85 


1.89 


1-93 


1.97 


2.01 


2.0s 


2.09 


2.13 


1.68 


1.72 


1.76 


1.80 


1.84 


1.88 


1.92 


1.96 


2.00 


2.04 


2.08 


1.63 


1.67 


1.71 


1-75 


1.79 


1.83 


1.87 


1. 91 


1-95 


1.99 


2.03 


1-57 


1.61 


1.65 


1.69 


1-73 


1.77 


1.81 


1.8s 


1.89 


1.93 


1.97 


1.52 


1.5.6 


1.60 


1.64 


1.68 


1.72 


1.76 


1.80 


1.84 


1.88 


1.92 


. 1.47 


; 1. 5 1 


1-55 


1-59 


1.63 


1.67 


1.71 


1-75 


1.79 


1.83 


1.87 


1.42 


1.46 


1.50 


1-54 


1.58 


1.62 


1.66 


1.70 


1.74 


1.78 


1.82 


1.36 


1.40 


1.44 


1.48 


1.52 


1.56 


1.60 


1.64 


1.68 


1.72 


1.76 


1-31 


^■35 


1-39 


143 


1.47 


1.51 


1-55 


1-59 


1.63 


1.67 


1.71 


1.26 


1.30 


1-34 


1.38 


1.42 


1.46 


1.50 


1.54 


1.58 


1.62 


1.65 


1.21 


1.25 


1.29 


^■33 


1-37 


1. 41 


145 


1.49 


1-53 


1.57 


1.60 


1. 16 


T.20 


1.24 


1.28 


1.32 


1.36 


1.40 


1.44 


1.48 


1.52 


1-55 


1.12 


1. 16 


1.20 


1.24 


1.28 


1.32 


1.36 


1.40 


1.44 


1.47 


1.50 


.1.08 


1. 12 


1.16 


1.20 


1.24 


1.28 


1.32 


1.36 


1.40 


143 


1.46 


1.04 


1.08 


1. 12 


1. 16 


1.20 


1.24 


1.28 


1.32 


1.36 


1-39 


1.42 


1. 00 


T.04 


1.08 


1. 12 


1.16 


1.20 


1.24 


1.28 


I-3I 


1-34 


1-37 




1. 00 


1.04 


1.08 


1. 12 


1. 16 


1.20 


1.24 


1.27 


1.30 


1-33 






1. 00 


1.04 


1.08 


1. 12 


1.16 


1.20 


1.23 


1.26 


1.29 




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1.08 


1. 12 


1.15 


1. 18 


1.21 


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1.07 


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$11.19 


$11.23 


$11.27 


$11.31 


$11.35 


$11.39 


$11.43 


$11.47 


$11.51 


$11-55 


$11.59 


9.89 


9-93 


9-97 


10.01 


10.05 


10.09 


10.13 


10.17 


10.21 


10.25 


10.29 


8.59 


8.63 


8.67 


8.71 


8.75 


8.79 


8.83 


8.87 


8.91 


8.95 


8.99 


7.34 


7.38 


7.42 


7.46 


7.50 


7-54 


7.58 


7.62 


7.66 


7.70 


7-74 


6.38 


6.42 


6.46 


6.50 


6.54 


6.58 


6.62 


6.66 


6.70 


6.74 


6.78 


5-93 


S.97 


6.01 


6.05 


6.09 


6.13 


6.17 


6.21 


6.25 


6.29 


6.^2 


548 


5.52 


5.S6 


5.60 


5-64 


5-68 


5-72 


5.76 


5.80 


5.84 


5.87 


S.18 


S-22 


5.26 


5.30 


5-34 


5.38 


5-42 


5.46 


5-50 


5-54 


5.57 


4.92 


4.96 


5.00 


5.04 


S.08 


5.12 


S.16 


5.20 


5-24 


5-27 


5.30 


4.67 


4.71 


4.75 


4.79 


4.83 


4.87 


4.91 


4-95 


4-99 


5.02 


5.05 


4.37 


4.41 


445 


4.49 


4-53 


4-57 


4.61 


4.65 


4.69 


4.72 


4-75 


4.22 


4.26 


4-30 


4..34 


4.38 


4.42 


4.46 


4.50 


4-53 


4.56 


4.59 


3-96 


4.00 


4.04 


4.08 


4.T2 


4.16 


4.20 


4.24 


4.27 


4.30 


4-33 


376 


3-8o 


3.84 


3.88 


3.92 


3.96 


4.00 


4.04 


4.07 


4.10 


4-13 


3.61 


3-65 


3.69 


2-72, 


3-77 


3.81 


3.85 


3-88 


3-91 


3.94 


3.97 


346 


3-50 


3-54 


3.58 


3.62 


3.66 


3-70 


3-72, 


3.76 


3-79 


3.82 


3-25 


3-29 


3.33 


3-37 


341 


3-45 


349 


3-52 


3-55 


3.58 


3.61 


3.05 


3.09 


3-13 


3.17 


3.21 


3.25 


3-28 


3.31 


3-34 


3-37 


3-40 


2.90 


2.94 


2.98 


3.02 


3-o6 


3.10 


3-13 


3.16 


3.19 


3-22 


3.2s 


2.75 


2.79 


2.83 


2.87 


2.91 


2.95 


2.98 


3.01 


3-04 


3-07 


3-10 


2.64 


2.68 


2.72 


2.76 


2.80 


2.83 


2.86 


2.89 


2.92 


2.95 


2.98 


2-59 


2.63 


2.67 


2.71 


2.75 


2.78 


2.81 


2.84 


2.87 


2.90 


2.93 


2.54 


2.58 


2.62 


2.66 


2.70 


2.73 


2.76 


2.79 


2.82 


2.85 


2.88 


2.49 


2.53 


2.57 


2.61 


' 2.64 


2.67 


2.70 


2.73 


2.76 


2.79 


2.82 


243 


2.47 


2.51 


2.55 


2.58 


2.61 


2.64 


2.67 


2.70 


2.73 


2.76 


2.38 


2.42 


2.46 


2.50 


2.53 


2.56 


2.59 


2.62 


2.65 


2.68 


2.71 


2.33 


2.Z7 


2.41 


2.44 


2.47 


2.50 


2-53 


2.56 


2.59 


2.62 


2.6s 


2.28 


2.32 


2.36 


2.39 


2.42 


2.45. 


2.48 


2.51 


2-54 


2.57 


2.60 


2.22 


2.26 


2.30 


2.33 


2.36 


2.39 


2.42 


2.45 


2.48 


2.51 


2.54 


2.17 


2.21 


2.24 


2.27 


2.30 


2.33 


2.36 


2.39 


2.42 


2.4s 


2.48 


2.12 


2.16 


2.19 


2.22 


2.25 


2.28 


2.31 


2.34 


2.37 


240 


2.43 


2.07 


2.11 


2.14 


2.17 


2.20 


2.22 


2.26 


2.29 


2.32 


2.35 


2.38 


2.01 


2.04 


2.07 


2.10 


2.13 


2.16 


2.19 


2.22 


2.25 


2.28 


2.31 


1.96 


1.99 


2.02 


2.05 


2.08 


2.11 


2.14 


2.17 


2.20 


2.23 


2.26 


1. 91 


1.94 


■1.97 


2.00 


2.03 


2.06 


2.09 


2.12 


2.15 


2.18 


2.21 


1.85 


1.88 


1.91 


1.94 


1.97 


2.00 


2.03 


2.06 


2.09 


2.12 


2.15 


1.79 


1.82 


1.85 


1.88 


1.91 


1.94 


1.97 


2.00 


2.03 


2.06 


2.09 


1.74 


1.77 


1.80 


1.83 


1.86 


1.89 


1.92 


1-95 


1.98 


2.01 


2.04 


1.68 


1.71 


1.74 


1.77 


1.80 


1.83 


1.86 


1.89 


1.92 


I -95 


1.98 


1.63 


1.66 


1.69 


1.72 


1-75 


1.78 


1. 81 


1.84 


1.87 


1.90 


1-93 


1.58 


1.61 


1.64 


1.67 


1.70 


1-73 


1.76 


1.79 


1.82 


1.85 


1.88 


I-S3 


1.56 


1-59 


1.62 


1.65 


1.68 


1.71 


1.74 


1.77 


1.80 


1.83 


1.49 


1.52 


1-55 


1.58 


1.61 


1.64 


1.67 


1.70 


1-73 


1.76 


1.79 


145 


1.48 


I-5I 


1-54 


1-57 


1.60 


1.63 


1.66 


1.69 


1.72 


1-75 


1.40 


1.43 


1.46 


1.49 


1.52 


1-55 


1.58 


1.61 


1.64 


1.67 


1.70 


1.36 


1.39 


1.42 


1-45 


1.48 


I-5I 


I-S4 


1. 57 


1.60 


1.63 


1.66 


1.32 


1-35 


1.38 


1.41 


1.44 


1.47 


1.50 


1.53 


1.56 


1-59 


1.62 


1.27 


1.30 


1-33 


1.36 


1-39 


1.42 


145 


1.48 


1.51 


1.54 


I.S7 


1.23 


1.26 


1.29 


1.32 


1.35 


1.38 


1.41 


1.44 


1.47 


1.50 


1-53 


1. 19 


1.22 


1-25 


1.28 


1-31 


1-34 


1-37 


1.40 


1-43 


1.47 


1.50 


i-iS 


1.18 


1.21 


1.24 


1.27 


1.30 


1.33 


1.36 


1-39 


1.42 


1.45 


1. 12 


I-I5 


1.18 


1.21 


1.24 


1.27 


1-30 


1-33 


1.36 


1.39 


1.42 


1.09 


1. 12 


1.15 


1.18 


1.21 


1.24 


1.27 


1.30 


1-33 


1.36 


1.39 


1.06 


1.09 


1. 12 


I-I5 


1.18 


1.21 


1.24 


1.27 


1.30 


1-33 


1.36 


1.03 


1.06 


1.09 


1. 12 


I.TS 


I.18 


1.21 


1.24 


1.27 


1.30 


1.33 


1. 00 


1.03 


1.06 


1.09 


1. 12 


I.I5 


1. 18 


1.21 


1.24 


1.27 


1.30 




1. 00 


1.03 


1.06 


1.09 


1. 12 


I.I5 


1. 18 


1.21 


1.24 


1.27 






1. 00 


1.03 


1.06 


1.09 


1. 12 


I-I5 


1. 18 


1.21 


1.24 








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1.03 


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1.09 


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HIGH GUN SYSTEM 

This system of division is becoming more popular as the shooters of 
the country begin to properly comprehend it. Many infer that this 
means only three, four, or five high guns, and therefore believe that it 
is impracticable. While this is true in some respects, it need not nec- 
essarily be the case, for the scope of the system can be so extended as to 
assure a fixed number of the participants a part of the purse. If desired, 
there could be two moneys for every five entries; thus if there were 
fifty entries there would be twenty high guns. Supposing a fifteen-bird 
event was shot on this basis, it would result in six men scoring 
straight, eight finishing with 14 and ten with 13. The six straight 
men would take the first six moneys and divide it equally among 
themselves. The eight 14's would take the next eight moneys and do 
likewise, while the ten 13's divide the remaining six moneys. Thus 
twenty- four out of fifty would get a part of the purse. In order to make 
the application of the system as simple as possible, there is appended a 
scale ranging from two to twenty high guns : 
Two moneys, 60 and 40. 
Three moneys, 50-30-20. 
Four moneys, 40-30-20- iq or 35-30-20-15. 
Five moneys, 30-25-20-15-10. 
Six moneys, 27-23-1 7-1 3-1 1-9. 
Seven moneys, 25-20-15-13-12-10-5. 
Eight moneys, 23-18-16-13-9-8-7-6. 
Nine moneys, 22- 18- 15- 12- 10-8-6-5-4. 
Ten moneys, 21-16-13-11-10-9-7-5-4-4. 
Eleven moneys, 20-16-13-10-9-7-6-6-5-4-4. 
Twelve moneys, 18-15-13-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2. 
Thirteen moneys, 17-14-12-10-8-7-6-6-5-5-4-3-3. 
Fourteen moneys, 17- 14- 12- 10-8-7-6-5-5-4-4-3-3-2, 
Fifteen moneys, 16-13-1 1-8-7-7-6-6-5-5-4-4-3-3-2. 
Sixteen moneys, 16-13-1 1-8-8-7-6-5-5-4-4-3-3-3-2-2. 
Seventeen moneys, 15-13-10-8-8-7-6-5-5-4-4-3-3-3-2-2-2. 
Eighteen moneys, 14- 12- 10-8-8-7-6-5-5-4-4-3-3-3-2-2-2-2. 
Nineteen moneys, 14-12-9-8-7-6-6-5-5-4-4-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2. 
Twenty moneys, 14- 1 1-9-8-7-6-6-5-5-4-4-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2. 

The above can be accepted as submitted or can be used as a basis to 
arrange a scale that will be satisfactory ; the main object being to convey 
the principle on which the system works. 



38 



THEfEQUITABLE SYSTEM 

This style of dividing purse money also resulted from the effort to 
devise a method which would be an improvement on the percentage 
system, in which respect it succeeded admirably. 

It operates on the stock company plan, and is based on the merits of 
a shooter's performance, the basis being the number of targets scored 
by those who share in a division of the money. Thus if you were shoot- 
ing a 15-target shoot with four moneys, at $2.00 entrance, and there 
were fifty entries, it would give you a net purse of $100.00. From this 
you first proceed to deduct the price of targets, at, say, two cents, which 
would amount to $15.00, and would leave a purse of $85.00 to divide 
among the contestants. The simplest way to handle the event in the 
cashier's department would be to select all those who scored 15, 14, 13 
and 12, and arrange them in this order : 

Five men score 15, making a total of 75 
Seven " 14, " " 98 

Eight " 13, " " 104 

Five " 12, " " 60 



Total, 337 

It will be seen that those in the money have broken in round numbers 
a total of 337 targets. Divide the $85.00 by 337 to ascertain the value 
of each target. This will be 22 and a fraction of a cent. Multiply the 
number of targets broken by each of the contestants by 22 and the result 
will be that the 15's are entitled to $3.30, the 14's to $3.08, the 13's to 
$2.86 and the 12's to $2.64. 

It will be noticed that all who shared in the division drew out more 
than their entrance. ' This, however, would not have been the case if the 
percentage system had been used, as there were more 13's than 12's and 
of course they would have received less money. Thus it will be readily 
seen that the incentive of " dropping for place " is entirely removed. 

The shooters of the country are indebted to Mr. J. E. Pumphries, of 
Columbus, O., for this system, as he is the originator of it. 

JACK RABBIT SYSTEM 

This was one of the first. The working of this system is quite simple 
and easily mastered. When you desire to apply it, you place a fixed 
value on every target or bird. Thus if you are shooting a ten-bird 
sweep, you could make the value of every bird ten cents, which would 
make the entrance fee $1.00. In addition to this, each contestant would 
be required to pay for his birds extra. 

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Having established the value of each bird, you proceed to shoot the 
event, and reimburse each of the contestants at this rate for the number 
of birds he scores, though you also take from each the same amount for 
every bird he fails to score, and the aggregate sum accumulated from 
this source is then divided among those who shoot into first, second, and 
third place, on a basis of 50, 30 and 20. 

To be more explicit, we will figure out an imaginary event on the above 
basis, with fifteen entries, and assume that the score resulted as follows : 





Entrance 


Scored 


Drew 


out 


Lost 


Won 


Dobbins, 


$1.00 


7 


$0.70 


$0.30 




Brown, 




10 


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$2.55 


Hood, 




8 




80 


.20 


•51 


Gregg, 




6 




60 


.40 




James, 




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50 


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Bruster, 




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60 


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Clay, 




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90 


.10 


.76 


Dudley, 




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40 


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Rex, 




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60 


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Capp, 




7 




70 


•30 




Brownell, 




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60 


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Finn, 




8 




80 


.20 


•51 


Krone, 




9 




90 


.10 


76 


Drum, 




5 




50 


•50 




Bond, 




3 




30 


.70 





$5.10 

It will be observed that there were 51 birds lost in this event, which 
created a fund of $5.10, to be divided among the three high scores. 
Thereby Brown gets $2.55, in addition to his entrance money, as he did 
not lose a bird. Clay and Krone, who scored nine, get 76 cents, but they 
had to contribute 10 cents to the fund, as they lost one bird. Hood and 
Finn, with eight, divide third, and receive 51 cents. The loss of two 
birds, however, caused them to contrilmte 20 cents to the fund. 



PERCENTAGE SYSTEM 

The oldest and until lately the most widely used system is that known 
as the Percentage system or class shooting. This is also the simplest 
method of computing what should be paid to each place. If there are to 
be three moneys, the net purse is divided at the ratio of 50, 30 and 20%. 
If four moneys, it is 40, 30, 20 and 10. If five moneys, it is 30, 25, 2O; 
15 and 10. Sometimes, also, this is varied by making it three, four or 
five equal moneys. But the end is the same. Those shooting ties in the 

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various places, always divide the purse, and the uncertainty of this 
feature constitutes the attractiveness of the system. To illustrate, if 
the net purse be $ioo and a division of four moneys, the straights get 
40% of this, or $40. If there be four clean scores, it would pay each $10 ; 
if ten, it would pay to each only $4, and so on in each place. This makeS 
it possible for a person shooting out of the moneys several times during 
the day, to recoup in one event wherein he gets a place alone, that is, 
without a tie. This element of chance has held the system in favor 
against many criticisms of unfairness, and makes it still the favorite 
among expert and fairly good shots. 

ROSE SYSTEM 

Next in the order of favor and general use to-day is what is known 
as the Rose system of division. This assigns to each place, a given num- 
ber of points, and, like the foregoing class system, may be varied to suit 
local conditions. The points may be made 4, 3, 2, i ; 5, 3, 2, i ; 7, 5, 
3, I — or five or six figures may be used if desired. The system differs 
from all others in that it maintains an equal ratio and pays best to top 
scores always, with no chance for big pots as the result of some con- 
testant getting a place alone. Taking the usual division 5, 3, 2 and i, 
it may be illustrated thus : With ten contestants at $2 each, less 2 cents 
each for targets, there are $18 in the purse for division. With one 
straight taking five points, two seconds taking three each, three thirds 
for two each and one fourth, we have an aggregate of eighteen points. 
Dividing the net purse by the number of points, we find that each point 
is worth just $1. The first gets $5, second $3 each, third $2 each and 
fourth $1. When there are many good shots, however, the points are 
usually much below $1 and often run as low as 30 cents. Thus, it will 
be seen that the dropping for place is not fostered by this system, and 
the element of gambling is entirely eliminated. It is the surest system, 
but is often condemned, on the other hand, upon the ground that the 
indifferent shot has no chance whatever to win, while no one can make 
much of a return. 



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SECTION V 



ADVANTAGES OF A TRAPSHOOTING CLUB 
TO A TOWN 

A live trapshooting club advertises a town or city. Practice shoots 
and tournaments are reported in the daily papers, circulated by the 
Associated Press, published in the various sporting periodicals, and the 
town or city and the people become better known, not only in their imme- 
diate vicinity, but all over the country. Shooting leagues will be formed 
with neighboring towns and cities, and visitors will be brought in — this 
means new business. 

You should have a trapshooting club in yorir town. Trapshooting is 
to-day a national pastime, ranking second in prominence to baseball only. 

A few years ago the number of active trapshooting clubs in the 
United States and Canada could have been easily totaled within 500, 
while at the date of the issuance of this booklet the Du Pont Company 
alone has a record of over 4000 active trapshooting clubs in the United 
States and Canada. 

Almost all of the yacht, country and athletic clubs now recognize 
trapshooting officially. Many of the colleges have regular trapshooting 
clubs — intercollegiate matches are shot annually between teams repre- 
senting the respective colleges and universities. Hotels at both summer 
and winter resorts are alive to the importance of trapshooting as an 
added attraction. 

Many of the army posts have established active trapshooting clubs 
as one of the diversions for the men and officers. 

Trapshooting, as outlined above, is more popular to-day than it ever 
was, and its popularity is increasing daily. The trapshooting game is on 
a more established basis than ever before. Sweepstakes are being abol- 
ished very rapidly by clubs and competition for trophies substituted. 
Trapshooting has come to stay. 

Probably no man did more to bring about a healthier state of afifairs 
in trapshooting than the late Bernard Waters who, when trap editor of 
" Forest and Stream," ran some ten or twelve years ago a series of 
articles, entitled " The Confabulations of Cadi," ridiculing in his own 
unapproachable style the anachronisms in the then existing conditions 
of the sport, and standing out boldly for a truer and more honest state 
of things. Thanks in a large measure to his efforts, and also to the good 
sense of the trapshooting public, who saw the handwriting on the wall 
and translated its meaning at once, the outlook for the future of the 
sport was never better than it is to-day. 

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THE #»■ HAND] TRAP 





No innovation ever introduced in trapshooting' circles begins to 
approach in popularity the Du Pont Hand Trap. Sportsmen who have 
shot at targets thrown from the trap proclaim it to be " trapshooting 
de luxe." The beauty of the hand trap lies in the fact that it may be 
used whenever and wherever a shotgun may be used. It is the portable 
gun club for two persons or two hundred. On outings of all kinds, 
picnics, auto, boating and hunting parties, a hand trap can be included 
with the other equipment without increasing the weight or bulk to any 
extent, and it can safely be said that no form of sport or diversion in 
which the party may indulge will offer the same enjoyment and real 
hearty fun to spectators and shooters as will trapshooting with a hand 
trap. 




SIMULATING ACTUAL HUNTING CONDITIONS WITH A (SQ PDND HAND TRAP 



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For instructing novices and making it possible for women to get 
acquainted with the delights of trapshooting, the hand trap is just the 
thing, because with it targets can be regulated in such a manner that 
the first ones will be easy to hit. This offers encouragement to the new 
shooters and keeps up their interest. Very soon they will want more 
difficult targets and there is no limit to the hand trap targets in this 
respect. For staging novelty events at the gun' club the hand trap 
will always come in handy. Many old shooters say they find trapshoot- 
ing over the regulation traps monotonous. They cannot say this about 
hand trap shooting, for an unending variety of targets is possible with 
the hand trap. They may be thrown in all directions, angles and the 
speed varied to suit the whim of the operator. No two targets leaving 
the trap are similar. Thus it offers the best kind of practice for game 
shooting. 

The price of the Du Pont Hand Trap is but $4.00 delivered^ and it can 
be obtained from nearly all sporting goods or hardware dealers. If 
not obtainable at your dealers write us. 




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